José Luís Peixoto
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José Luís Peixoto (born September 1974, in Galveias, Portalegre, Portugal), is a Portuguese writer.
Has written fiction, poetry, drama, lyrics and has participated in a wide number of projects involving writing.
His father was a carpenter and his mother a housewife. Has two sisters, Anabela and Alzira, 13 and 8 years older than him. As a teenager, formed a punk/hardcore band, "Hipocondriacos" ("Hypocondriacs"), in which he played guitar.
Has a degree in Languages and Modern Literature in English and German by the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (in English, New University of Lisbon). He has taught Portuguese for a year in Praia, Cabo Verde.
Has published poetry and fiction and received the Prize Jovens Criadores (Young Creators) in the years of 1997, 1998 and 2000.
In 2001, his novel Nenhum Olhar (Blank Gaze) received the Jose Saramago Literary Award. Jose Luis Peixoto is represented in a great number Portuguese and international anthologies. Has collaborated in a lot of international literary magazines.
In 2003, in a project totally unprecedent project, Peixoto joined forces with the Heavy Metal band Moonspell and together they did a book and record, The Antidote".
In 2005, he wrote the theatre plays Anathema (premiered in Theatre de la Bastille in Paris) and À Manhã (premiered in Teatro São Luiz, Lisbon.
His works have been published in France, Italy, Bulgaria, Turkey, Finland, Holland, Spain, Czech Republic, Croatia, Belarus and Brazil, among many others. Currently there are being prepared editions of his novels in United States, United Kingdom, Hungary and Japan.
His first novel on english translation ("Blank Gaze") will be published in the UK in November 2007 by Bloomsbury and it will come out in 2008 in th US.
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[edit] Published works
[edit] Prose
- 2000 - Morreste-me (fiction)
- 2000 - Nenhum Olhar (novel)
- 2002 - Uma Casa na Escuridão (novel)
- 2003 - Antidoto (fiction)
- 2006 - Cemitério de Pianos (novel)
[edit] Poetry
[edit] Theatre
- 2005 - Anathema
- 2005 - À Manhã
- 2007 - Two plays by Peixoto will premiere in 2007, one in Teatro São Luiz (June) and another one in Teatro Nacional D. Maria II (October).
[edit] Chronicles
- Writes chronicles for the Portuguese newspaper of Arts and Letters (Jornal de Letras).
[edit] Song lyrics
- Has written lyrics for Da Weasel, Mísia, A Naifa, Joana Amendoeira and A Quinta do Bill.
[edit] Prizes
- Prémio "Jovens Criadores" (Young Creators Prize) of Instituto Português da Juventude (Portuguese Youth Institute) in 1997, 1998 and 2000
- Prémio José Saramago, from "Fundação Círculo de Leitores", 2001.
[edit] The José Luís Peixoto Award
The Municipality of Ponte de Sor, in Portugal, has created a literary award for authors (under 25) with Jose Luis Peixoto's name.
